Valley of the low sun

Round 37: November 2045 (Spring)

Daniel Halmi is 38, Susannah is 35 and Zac Whitney is 11. 
(Kimberly is 74)

Narrated by Daniel Halmi

Susannah and I will have been married for two years in February and so far, it’s been amazing.

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You say it's your birthday, April 2045

Round 37: April 2045 (Autumn)

At the Carmody-Moretti house, the family is adjusting to life with baby Richie.

Richie is the fifth child for Nick and Sarah though, so it’s not as if this isn’t something they’ve all been through many times before!

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The Carmody-Halmi wedding

Round 36: February 2044 (Summer)

Daniel Halmi is 37 and Susannah Carmody is 34.

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Every day should be a holiday, 2043

Round 36: December 2043 (Summer)

last update/next update

Carmody-Moretti 1 household profile

Kimberly Carmody is 72, Nick Moretti is 40, Sarah is 38, Thomas is 12, Ryan is 11, Catherine is 9 and Alex is 4. 

(Caleb is 61, Abigail is 60, Anthony and Veronica are 26, Mitchell is 24 and Austin and Lauren are 22)

Narrated by Nick Moretti

The kids are all off school for their Christmas break and are looking forward to six weeks off!

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By my own hand

Round 36: February 2043 (Summer)

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Carmody-Halmi-Whitney 1 household profile

Daniel Halmi is 36, Susannah Carmody is 33 and Zac Whitney is 9. 

(Kimberly is 72, Sarah is 38, Declan is 22, Sylvia is 17, Levi and Will are 11 and Theo is 8)

Narrated by Susannah Carmody

Daniel and I are happy in our current building but we’d like to move eventually. If we have another kid or two, it’s going to be a tight squeeze in here.

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File me away

Round 35: November 2041 (Spring)

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Carmody-Halmi-Whitney 1 household profile

Daniel Halmi is 34, Susannah Carmody is 31 and Zac Whitney is 7. 
(Kimberly is 70, Nick is 38 and Sarah is 36 )

Narrated by Susannah Carmody

I was very nervous about having Daniel move in with us but we've settled right in and things have gone so smoothly. 

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Starlings of the slipstream

Round 35: October 2041 (Spring)

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Carmody-Moretti 1 household profile

Kimberly Carmody is 70, Nick Moretti is 38, Sarah is 36, Thomas is 10, Ryan is 9, Catherine is 7 and Alex is 2. 

(Susannah is 31, Michael is 10, Jude is 9 and Zac is 7)

Narrated by Sarah Moretti

Our house is definitely a bit noisier now but we've adapted pretty well to having four kids.

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Lot tour: Nick and Sarah's new old house

This house actually took me a lot less time to decorate than I was expecting! It is huge, as you'll see, but I got it all done over the weekend. Alex's nursery was already done from birthdays, whenever it was he turned one. 

Anyway, so here is Nick and Sarah's lovely house. It's the same one they were living in before I decided to rebuild (though I only got to play with them there for one play session) and was built by Tanja. Tanja has included some layout pics but I'm going to share my own as well, so you can see the furniture arrangement but also because I've changed the layout downstairs very slightly. 

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Come to love

Round 34: June 2039 (Winter)

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Susannah Carmody is 29 and Zac Whitney is 5.
(Kimberly is 68, Rebecca is 30, Sam is 29, Julia is 28, Audrey is 27 and Camilla is 26)

Narrated by Susannah Carmody

My friend Camilla recently moved out of our building and I’ve really missed having her around.

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You say it's your birthday, April 2039

Round 34: April 2039 (Autumn)

With the terrible morning sickness she was suffering, Sarah Moretti wasn't able to hide her pregnancy from her mother for too long. Sarah has just started her second trimester now and Kimberly is very excited about meeting her new grandchild!

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Lot tour: Carmody-Moretti house

I haven't done a lot tour in a while and I did promise one, so here it is! You saw glimpses of Nick and Sarah's new house in the last update but this will give you a nice close look at just about every nook and cranny. ;)

The house, as I mentioned in the last update, was built by Tanja for the April project at N99. I asked for a six bedroom house for Sarah and Nick and Tanja's was one of the options I was offered.

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Don't think twice, it's alright

Round 34: January 2039 (Summer)

last update/next update

Kimberly Carmody is 68, Nick Moretti is 36, Sarah is 34, Thomas is 8, Ryan is 7 and Catherine is 5.
(Maia is 37, Troy is 36, Ethan is 33, Jude is 7 and Willow is 4)

Narrated by Nick Moretti

Once Sarah and I decided to move house, we were lucky enough that the process was fairly quick from there on out.

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Learn to crawl

Round 33: August 2038 (Winter)

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Edward Lachance, Lucy Gray and Chris Draper are 23.
(Kimberly is 67 and Julia is 27)

Narrated by Lucy Gray

Thank God this year has been going better than the last! I earned my silver accreditation in cosmetology, so accordingly, Kimberly gave me a raise. I’m not really raking in the cash or anything but it’s more than I was making last year, that’s for sure.

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Gamble everything for love

Round 33: November 2037 (Spring)

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Kimberly Carmody is 66, Nick Moretti is 34, Sarah is 32, Thomas is 6, Ryan is 5 and Catherine is 3.
(Susannah is 27, Iris, Francesca and Zac are 3)

Narrated by Sarah Moretti

Nick and Ryan both have their birthdays in November, so we’ve been doing lots of celebrating around here lately.

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Truly great thing

Round 33: February 2037 (Summer)

Susannah Carmody is 27 and Zac Whitney is 3.

(Kimberly is 66, Sarah is 32, Rebecca is 28, Sam is 27, Audrey is 25 and Catherine is 3)

Narrated by Susannah Carmody

Sam and I had a few awkward months of living together once we broke up but for over a year now, it’s been just me and Zac.

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Hand to mouth

Round 32: October 2035 (Spring)

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Sam Whitney and Susannah Carmody are both 25 and Zac is 1.
(Kimberly is 64 and Sarah is 30)

Narrated by Susannah Carmody

Much as we love him, Sam and I definitely not had an easy time with Zac since he was born.

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Unbreakable

Round 32: June 2035 (Winter)

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Kimberly Carmody is 64, Nick Moretti is 32, Sarah is 30, Thomas is 4, Ryan is 3 and Catherine is 1.
(Caleb is 53, Abigail is 52, Jesse is 50, Cara is 46, Troy is 32, Susannah and Sam are both 25, Felix is 4, Jude is 3, Zac is 9 months old)

Narrated by Nick Moretti

Zac isn't quite old enough to play with Catherine yet but she's already very interested in him. She watches everything he does very closely.

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Sweet metallic

Round 31: October 2033 (Spring)

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Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 78, Naomi is 58 and Owen is 56.
(Kimberly is 62, Matilda is 27, Adrienne is 26, Malcolm is 23 and Hope is 22)

Narrated by Naomi Novak

I'll be turning 60 in a little over a year and I'm surprised by how disturbed I am by it. Every time I pass a mirror, I have to pause and see if any new wrinkles have appeared in the last ten minutes.

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Fiji baby

Round 31: May 2033 (Autumn)

last update/next update

Kimberly Carmody is 62, Nick Moretti is 30, Sarah is 28, Thomas is 2 and Ryan is 1.
(Susannah is 23 and Lucy is 18)

Narrated by Sarah Moretti

A few months ago, Mama finally hired somebody to help out at the salon. I'm hoping that Lucy will eventually be able to take over a little and give Mama some days off every now and then. She works too hard.

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Glory box

Round 30: November 2031 (Spring)

Rebecca's last update/Susannah's last update/next update

Rebecca Kirby is 22 and Susannah Carmody is 21.
(Kimberly is 60, Megan is 59, Sarah is 26 and Thomas is 5 months old)

Narrated by Susannah Carmody

At the beginning of the year, I decided to move out of the dorms and room with Rebecca in Sullivan instead. It's definitely more expensive but there are enough advantages to make it worth it for me.

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